2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Am I correct that Hillary needs to take 67% of the rest of the delegates to secure the nomination? [View all]Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Namely "pledged" and "outright".
As in "Am I correct that Hillary needs to take X% of the rest of the pledged delegates to secure the nomination outright?"
I removed the percentage because I don't know it and am too lazy at 5AM to look it up.
The "Superdelegates don't count" meme has always been nothing more than a pep talk for supporters of the second place candidate. The only way it would come into effect is Sanders taking a lead in pledged delegates. If he did, then there is the possibility, if not probability, that superdelegates that have already said they would vote for Clinton would switch. They can do whatever they want regardless, but the count of their intentions is so lopsided that it is highly unlikely that Sanders could get enough of them to flip.
Put it this way, barring an amazing turn of events, Clinton might need superdelegates to secure, Sanders would almost certainly need not only a large numbers of superdelegates, but for them to flip from their already stated inclinations (pun not intended).